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Mental Health Coming off Invega (Paliperidone, Xeplion) injections v 6.0

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HelpMeInvega said:
Yeah, when I was on Invega sustenna I hated summer because the days were so long and I gained a ton of weight it was awful. I just wanted winter so I could hide in big baggy cloths and for it to get dark at 4pm. On injection days after I got injected I could barley talk I would legit just sit there so foggy barley talking it was awful I don’t know why my doctor kept me on a medication that I had such adverse side effects on…it was torture. Not to mention I could barley move my muscles to workout and my words were slurred when I spoke I had to re learn how to do simple tasks like laundry…I had to talk myself through it like “ok now put your cloths in the dryer” it legit gave me brain damage!
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Yeah I know that feeling like re learning how to do laundry ugh its like you never did it before. I get that feeling everything felt like a chore & it was so hard to do simple tasks like going to the shop, laundry, cooking, cleaning it was so hard first few months of the injection
 
Life is more challenging after the injections I can tell you that.
Challenges, even the smallest ones intimidate me now.
Before all this shit I felt like I was ready to conquer the world and was looking for some challenges. Everything is different now, it's sad. I feel crippled.
 
UnluckyXeplion said:
Life is more challenging after the injections I can tell you that.
Challenges, even the smallest ones intimidate me now.
Before all this shit I felt like I was ready to conquer the world and was looking for some challenges. Everything is different now, it's sad. I feel crippled.
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I don't think it can be worse than being on the injection, tomorrow will be my 1st month of since last injection, from that day I will begin to recover & overcome any challenges I face, I will not be crippled by this injection, I will strive and conquer whatever it takes to recover & become a better person before the injection. I would advise you to do same as well, couple years from now on this will just be a bad memory & we'll recover from it trust me & we'll never look back.

I've noticed that I took my life for granted before being on this injection, this injection made me realise what beautiful and fun life can be...
I'll go gym, take whatever supplements, eat clean stay away from psychoactive drugs like weed thats going to alter my natrual brain chemicals (I dont smoke weed anyways but yeah), think positive, have a healthy life style, find a girlfriend perhaps & life is good if you know how to live it.

I'll never lose, I'll either win or learn. From this.
 
We have all been though hell some of you are still going through hell right now but anything is possible although you may be at your darkest hour life isn’t all good times but night don’t last forever there’s a morning coming in your life stay down until you come up, there’s been people who have recovered from harder challenges then we have endured I knew a guy who had a severe stroke 9 years ago and he has come so far he can speak normally again and he’s working again his story has been very inspirational for me.
 
It's insane that it's a medicine we're talking about.
Medications suppose to help you feel better, well not when it comes to big pharma.
Medicines suppose to introduce side effects, so they can make money on your behalf...
 
When I first took the injection back in March last year, it was so bad. I was in hospital locked up, I kept pacing in the ward up and down. I couldnt sleep properly I was uncomfortable it gave me terrible akathisia it was so severe I couldnt stay still, watch or focus on anything for more than 2 minutes. It's better now I've been on the injection for 9 months my body kind of got use to it & I also think the potency has died abit, it's not as powerful as it use to be potency has died down.
 
Serhat96 said:
When I first took the injection back in March last year, it was so bad. I was in hospital locked up, I kept pacing in the ward up and down. I couldnt sleep properly I was uncomfortable it gave me terrible akathisia it was so severe I couldnt stay still, watch or focus on anything for more than 2 minutes. It's better now I've been on the injection for 9 months my body kind of got use to it & I also think the potency has died abit, it's not as powerful as it use to be potency has died down.
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If your body got used to it, it probably means that it was changed/altered around it.
I hope you get back to your former self and your brain can alter itself back.
 
^ if your body got used to it the withdrawals might be pretty rough for you just always make sure to remember that it’s temporary and brighter days are on the other side.
 
Merek said:
^ if your body got used to it the withdrawals might be pretty rough for you just always make sure to remember that it’s temporary and brighter days are on the other side.
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My worries that it altered my brain for life.
I hope the brain has the ability to return to the state it wss before.
Neuroplasticity is a thing...
 
Merek said:
^ if your body got used to it the withdrawals might be pretty rough for you just always make sure to remember that it’s temporary and brighter days are on the other side.
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Ya I'm ready for it, I'm probably just going to have insomnia, night sweats & maybe abit of restlessness other side effects I can deal with it.
 
UnluckyXeplion said:
My worries that it altered my brain for life.
I hope the brain has the ability to return to the state it wss before.
Neuroplasticity is a thing...
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Eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly and connect with others, play video games, learn something new & do some art. All these things can improve your neuroplasticity in creating new pathways and strengthening existing ones
 
UnluckyXeplion said:
My worries that it altered my brain for life.
I hope the brain has the ability to return to the state it wss before.
Neuroplasticity is a thing...
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that’s impossible after 7 years every brain cell is different then they were before old ones die off and new ones are made although you most likely will recover earlier then that I wouldn’t worry about that if I were you you’re only 6 months off and you took a lot of shots you’ll be fine around 12-18 months I’d guess from what you’ve been saying.
 
Serhat96 said:
Eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly and connect with others, play video games & doing some art. All these things can improve your neuroplasticity in creating new pathways and strengthening existing ones
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It's extremely hard to do now the things I could do for hours all day.
Before the injections, I would look forward to finish my job and get back home just to sit and play video games. Now it's the opposite, I can't do it for more than 10 min, it feels like a chore.
Anhedonia won't allow me to do my hobbies until it's gone.
Other than that I watch my diet very closely and allow cheat meals only a day or two a week. (Gluten free pizza)
 
UnluckyXeplion said:
It's extremely hard to do now the things I could do for hours all day.
Before the injections, I would look forward to finish my job and get back home just to sit and play video games. Now it's the opposite, I can't do it for more than 10 min, it feels like a chore.
Anhedonia won't allow me to do my hobbies until it's gone.
Other than that I watch my diet very closely and allow chest meals only a day or two a week. (Gluten free pizza)
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Yeah I know it may be hard, but you need to push yourself abit to speed up your recovery sitting at home all day thats probably just going to make your recovery unbearable and take a long time to recover, you need to stimulate the brain & help it recover back to its pre Invega state.
 
Serhat96 said:
Yeah I know it may be hard, but you need to push yourself abit to speed up your recovery sitting at home all day thats probably just going to make your recovery unbearable and take a long time to recover, you need to stimulate the brain & help it recover back to its pre Invega state.
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Before the winter, I pushed myself to sit under the sun for at least an hour everyday to absorb that vitamin D and be outside. Nature and good music helps.
Now it's less practical, but in the coming spring and summer, I plan to go to the beach and sit there for at least an hour and a half, 3 times a week.
Exercise is not an option rn for me, I became extremely weak, I tried doing pullups and could barely do 2 and I'm very skinny.
Before the injections I could easily do 15 and I used to workout in the gym a lot.
This drug caused me to lose my muscles too.
I don't think that you can significantly reduce recovery time. It's a waiting game, you just have to wait and eat as healthy as you can to at least provide your body all the necessary nutrients to fix itself.
Stay strong.

Btw, I notcied that eating raw vegetables (Organic salad) causes me diarrhea.
I didn't have that problem before the injections.
 
Has anyone had trouble breathing, I'm finding it difficult to inhale & exhale fully since this injection
 
UnluckyXeplion said:
It's extremely hard to do now the things I could do for hours all day.
Before the injections, I would look forward to finish my job and get back home just to sit and play video games. Now it's the opposite, I can't do it for more than 10 min, it feels like a chore.
Anhedonia won't allow me to do my hobbies until it's gone.
Other than that I watch my diet very closely and allow cheat meals only a day or two a week. (Gluten free pizza)
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Month six and seven anhedonia for the most part dissappeared
 
I dont think I will ever recover and be able to feel on weed again unless there comes a cure. But I still think we are returning to our dreams. Hopefully this year!
 
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